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Merry Beggarman... (20) Beggarman... 17 Jul 00

Hi,

I have recently purchased a cassete with Irish folk tunes. Looking for the lyrics to "The Beggarman" (played by Noel McLaughlin on my tape) I found this site... and some six versions of the song, plus some for "Hi for the Beggarman" which obviously is itself a version.

It surprisingly reminded me "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"... the old man that lures the young of the parents' house with a song.

Now, this song:

Wi his tooren ooran an tan ee Right an ooren fal de do dee Right an ooren ooren ee Wi an tooren ooren ay do

(The Beggarman 2)

What can that mean? OK, there's a lot of onomathopea, but could it be some old tongue?

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